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The W H Head Distillery
RD #329, 5 th District
County, KY



The history of this distillery comes mainly from Zoeller (2010)

The distillery was built by W H Head two miles southwest of Raywick on the Rolling Fork River, but the exact date is uncertain.

1877: The plant was running under the W H Head & Co. banner.

1890: The distillery was operating at a a capacity of 80 bushels per day, producing eight barrels. The plant included two bonded warehouses that held 2,500 barrels. At this time, it was registered distillery #9 of the 5th District.

1907: The plant was aquired by H Rosenthal & Sons of Cincinnati, OH. The name of the distillery was later changed to William Berkele.

1908: Warehouse capacity was now up to 7,000 barrels.

1910: The distillery was torn down and rebuilt, generating a capacity of 200 bushels per day and supplying three bonded warehouses that held a total of 7,300 baarrels.

1920: The plant was closed upon Prohibition.

Review bonded warehouse transactions for this distillery

Internal Revenue recorded warehouse transactions for The W H Head Distillery as follows:
( explain: origin of these records, letter codes )

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